Senior Language Arts Spring 2013 Final Exam Review Senior Language Arts Spring 2013

Alliteration Repetition of initial consonant sounds “The soul selects her own society.” --Emily Dickinson

Anecdote Short, amusing story

Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables The moon rose over an open field.

Cliché Overused expression Think outside the box.

Conflict Struggle between opposing forces * Internal * man vs. himself * External * man vs. man * man vs. nature

children / kids / youths / brats Diction Word choice children / kids / youths / brats eat / dine / wolf down canine / dog / mutt

Poetry that describes an emotion Lyric Poetry Poetry that describes an emotion

Poetry that tells a story Narrative Poetry Poetry that tells a story

Paradox Statement that seems to contradict itself but doesn’t “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.” --Macbeth

Personification Giving human traits to animals or objects The wind whispered in the trees.

a question that one is not expected to answer Rhetorical Question a question that one is not expected to answer What were you thinking?

Pattern of rhyming lines Rhyme Scheme Pattern of rhyming lines Whose woods these are I think I know A His house is in the village, though A He will not see me stopping here B To watch his woods fill up with snow A --Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”

Work that mocks someone or something Satire Work that mocks someone or something

Something that represents itself and something else Symbol Something that represents itself and something else

Syntax Word order Inverted syntax: “Whose woods these are I think I know.” Instead of: I think I know whose woods these are.

Voice Unique way in which an author or narrator expresses himself or herself.